Duration
27h Th, 25h Pr, 1d FW, 2h Labo., 10h Proj.
Number of credits
| Master of Science (MSc) in Civil Engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is in the continuity of the lectures in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics given to the civil engineer students. From the Navier Stokes equations, it uses the free surface properties to set a single mathematical formalism applicable to continuous and discontinuous flows encounter on the rain drop trip which touches the ground surface and get to the see through the hydrographic network.
The course tackled in particular the notions of empirical and modern friction laws, critical and uniform water depths, shape and calculation of backwater curves, energy (critical energy, conservation, dissipation), hydraulic jump and calculation of the flows over weirs and below gates, everything for man-made and natural cross sections. It also makes the link between free surface and under pressure flows, highlights the specificities of free surface flows and proposes a single approach to continuous and discontinuous flows.
It gives thus the whole of the elements useful to compute the flows over hydraulic structures and the related solicitations. In particular, all these theoretical elements lead to the physical understanding, the design and the description of all the practical features of spillways.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students will be able to adequately apply to free surface hydraulics the principles studied in the lectures of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics and to tackle in a single and critical way the notions of free surface hydrodynamics, avoiding the traditional separation between continuous and discontinuous flows.
In addition to the ex cathedra lectures giving the theory and the essential basic equations, these goals are met through guided practical reflection works, based on real cases, as well as through a laboratory visit. By writing reports, the students will develop their self learning skills as well as their ability to structure and summarize their work.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic notions in fluid mechanics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course lies on ex-cathedra lectures and obligatory and marked guided exercises. Two more important exercices request the writing of an individual report.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The course is made of sessions with a theoretical ex cathedra lecture and a practical part consisting in a guided exercise and the redaction of an individual report at the end of the session or after several thematic sessions.
Recommended or required readings
Slides of the lectures are available on e-Campus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Handling in practical works reports is mandatory and leads to an individual mark.
A non exempting and mandatory examination is organized on the theoretical and practical matters related to the continuous flows.
A written examination is organized for the whole of the course during the January or September examination period. It counts for a theoretical and exercises parts. It is accessible solely to the students who provided all the practical works reports.
The theoretical examinations are organized without any support while the practical examinations can be solved using the course support.
The final mark results from a balance between the partial marks.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professeur Michel Pirotton and Sebastien Erpicum
Hydraulics in environmental and civil engineering (HECE)
Institut de Mécanique et de Génie Civil, Bât. B52/3
Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte, 13
B-4000 Liège
Tél. : 04/366.95.36
email: Michel.Pirotton@uliege.be
S.Erpicum@uliege.be
http://www.hece.ulg.ac.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Same subjects as for the first examination period, i.e. the whole of the topics covered during the lectures, practical works and projects taught during the period from September to December 2019.
Assessment methods
- Written exam with books opened in 2 parts, theory and then exercises, to be realized remotely in a virtual classroom (Lifesize or Collaborate);
- The use of electronic devices other than a calculator will not be allowed during the exam, except to access the virtual classroom;
- The connection details to the virtual classroom will be depicted in due time;
- A pdf copy of the written answers to the questions will have to be send to the lecturers at the end of each part of the exam, within a limited delay. The tool to send your copy and to create the pdf using a smartphone will depicted;
- A MANDATORY rehearsal of the exam procedure will be organized before the exam.
Contacts
Professeur Michel Pirotton et Sébastien Erpicum
Tél. : 04/366.95.36
Michel.Pirotton@uliege.be
S.Erpicum@uliege.be